How the World Is Losing Poets

How the World Is Losing Poets (Czech: Jak svět přichází o básníky) is a Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Dušan Klein, based on the novella Amatéři. Jak přichází svět o básníky by Ladislav Pecháček. It was released in 1982.^[1] The first of the "Poets hexalogy", the title is followed by How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (1985), How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1988), Konec básníků v Čechách (1993), Jak básníci neztrácejí naději (2004), and Jak básníci čekají na zázrak (2016). ^[2] The film stars Pavel Kříž, David Matásek, and Miroslava Šafránková.

Štepán Šafránek, a high school student with poetic talent, and his friend Kendy, a musician, agree to write and perform a musical play. They rope in various residents of their small town, including Borůvka, a young girl to whom Šafránek ultimately loses his virginity.

• Pavel Kříž as Štepán Šafránek
• David Matásek as Kendy
• Miroslava Šafránková as Borůvka
• František Filipovský as Valerián
• Josef Somr as Prof. Ječmen
• Oldřich Navrátil as Emil Nádeníček
• Jiří Císler as Čermáček
• Lenka Kořínková as Vránová / wood nymph
• František Ringo Čech as Bouchal
• Míla Myslíková as Šafránková
• Adolf Filip as Kendy's dad
• Lubomír Kostelka as Šindel
• Luděk Kopřiva as Hugo
• Miroslava Hozová as Ječmenová
• Zdena Hadrbolcová as Professor
• Jiří Kodet as Pergl
• Barbora Štepánová as Štepánka Hrdličková
• Jiřina Jirásková as School principal
• Zdeněk Srstka as Bartender (uncredited)

• How the World Is Losing Poets at IMDb

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